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English Dictionary: filler by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filler
n
  1. used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
  2. 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
  3. copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
  4. anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights"
    Synonym(s): makeweight, filler
  5. the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filler \Fill"er\, n.
      1. (Paint.) A composition, as of powdered silica and oil,
            used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying
            paint, varnish, etc.
  
      2. (Forestry) Any standing tree or standard higher than the
            surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as coppice
            under standards. Chiefly used in the pl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filler \Fill"er\, n. [From 1st {Fill}.]
      A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filler \Fill"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
  
               'T is mere filler, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
               They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep
               the fillers always at work.                     --Mortimer.
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